Summery of Teen Wilderness, Field Biology and Natural History of Idaho & Alaska
Just a Few Words from One of Our Founders:
“We believe that the best way to learn biology and geology is to observe it in nature. Above all our camps are fun but also give the teens experience in the sciences that most would only get in graduate school. Our students sample, test, and document how the biomes change within the season, between the seasons, and over the years. Over the years, our students have had the opportunity to observe vastly different biomes from the Death Valley Desert, Redwood Forests of the Coastal Mountains, Mining Camps of the Western Sierras, Temperate Forests of the Western Cascades, even the mountains and farm lands of Western China. This year our students will have the opportunity go deep into NE Idaho Panhandle by packtrain then in to the Alaskan Interior by bush plane and have the opportunity to do this over the changing seasons with mentors that have lived what they teach for a lifetime.
I believe that this year’s camps are the best we have ever offered that the teens will remember for a lifetime.
These two camps have ample free time for the teens to pursue fly fishing, nature photography and drawing, and more. The Alaskan Bush camp is limited to 5 teens and Idaho packtrain camp is limited in size to 8 campers; offline registration open. Online registration coming soon!
Thank you” – Toni King Co-Founder Northwestern Outdoor Leadership Institute
Teen 2018 – 2019 Camps
Winter Academic and Teen Camps
- December 2018 Dates TBA
- Session January 2019 Dates TBA
- Session February 2019 Dates TBA
Spring Teen Camp
- Session March 2019 TBA
- Session April 2019 TBA
Summer Teen Camp
Teens 2 Week Total Immersion Wilderness Adventure Camps
- June 16 - June 29, 2019
Teens 2 Week Total Immersion Camp Hunting Skills
- June 16 - June 29, 2019
Teens 2 Week Total Immersion Camp Art & Photography
- June 16 - June 29, 2019
Field Biology and Natural History Backpacking and Horse Pack Trip NE Panhandle of Idaho
- June 30 - July 20, 2019
Field Biology and Natural History of Yukon Flats Alaska Bush Plane and Backpacking Camp
- July 28 - August 17, 2019
Field Biology and Natural History of Yukon Flats Alaska and NE Idaho Panhandle 7 Week Camp Package
- June 30- August 17, 2019
Teens Ages 16-19 Wilderness Total Immersion Adventure and Academic
Field Biology and Natural History of Yukon Flats Alaska 3 Week Academic and Adventure Backpacking Camp
We believe you would have wanted to go to this camp when you were a teen. What teen would not want to spend three weeks exploring, and going deep into their interests in the Alaskan Bush. Your teens will see and do things that most will only see on TV.
Date: July 28 - August 17, 2019
Ages: 16 - 19
Openings: 5
Location: The Alaskan Wetlands 150 Miles North East of Fairbanks – Pick up Fairbanks Airport
Description: We pick up your teens at the Fairbanks Airport, spend the night in a bed and breakfast, fly into the trailhead in a bushplane, backpack to basecamp then explore and learn about the plants and animals of the Alaskan Wetlands in this field bio and natural history field lab. More Details
Field Biology and Natural History of the NE Idaho Panhandle, an Academic and Adventure Camp 3 Week Camp Backpacking and Horse Pack Trip
Date: June 30 - July 20, 2019
Ages: 16 – 19
Openings: 7
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Description: Like the Alaska academic camp above, this camp is a total immersion into the field biology and natural history of the NE Idaho Panhandle with an emphasis in the plants, animals, and geology of the rivers and streams. The teens will learn and apply wilderness skills, field research skills, plant and animal identification as well as riparian habitat health analysis as well as going deep into nature photography or art backpacking into the Idaho wilderness. During the second week the students will learn the skills to access the backcountry via saddle horse and packtrain preparing for the third week of going deep into the Idaho Wilderness seeing this pristine beauty from the top of a horse doing real research and analysis. During free time the students will have plenty of time for fly fishing, swimming, animal tracking and more. This is a camp that your serious outdoor enthusiast teen will not want to miss!
More details on Teen 3 Week Wilderness Camp
Field Biology and Natural History of Yukon Flats Alaska and Oregon’s Rogue River Forest 7 Week Camp Package
This package combines both the Idaho and Alaska trips for a seven week wilderness academic wilderness adventure comparing the two wilderness areas
Date: June 30- August 17, 2019
Ages: 16 - 19
Openings: 5
Location: The Alaskan Wetlands 150 Miles North East of Fairbanks – Pick up Fairbanks Airport
Description: The teens will return from their packtrain trip and continue on to Alaska with our Director Brian King. This provides a 7 week total immersion wilderness experience.
Summer Camp: Teens 2 Week Total Immersion Camp Wilderness Adventure Camps
Date: June 16 - June 29, 2019
Ages: 13 - 19
Openings: 14
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Cost: $1,990
Description: During these two weeks the teens will focus developing their backcountry skills including bushcraft, navigation, tracking, and touch on photography, art, hunting and so much more.
Summer Camp: Teens 1 Week Total Immersion Camp Wilderness Adventure Camps
Date: Not Scheduled at this Time
Ages: 13 - 19
Gender: Co-ed
Openings: 7
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Cost: $995 some discounts apply see below for details
- First Camp $995
- Second camp or camper from same family 10% off of second camp enrolled of any 2018 summer camp of equal or lesser value
- Third or more camp or camper from same family 25% off of third or more camps enrolled of any 2019 summer camp of equal or lesser value, Alaska excluded from any discounts
Description: During this one week teen adventure in the wilderness the teens will focus developing their backcountry skills including bushcraft, navigation, tracking, and touch on photography, art, archery, hunting and so much more. Online registration now available, click on the link at the top of the page. Multi session and sibling discounts apply MUST be booked directed through Toni@NOLI5.com
2 Week Coed Total Immersion Wilderness Survival Skills & Hunting Skills Camp
Our aim of this total immersion camp is to grow our teens into competent, safe, and ethical hunter companions, as well as those that have the skills and mindset to lead hunts. This camp goes deep in the skills of wilderness survival, firearms, and archery, and skills specific to hunting. The teens will experience everything from navigation to butchering big game and packing it on a mule. This is a hands on exploration under master mentors.
Date: Not Scheduled at this Time
Ages: June 16 - June 29, 2019
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Cost: $1,990 some discounts apply see below for details
2 Week Total Immersion Wilderness Survival Skills & Art & Photography Camp
Description: This intensive total immersion teen wilderness art and photography camp is intended to have the participants have the opportunity to raise their personal bar in nature drawing and photography as well as to make the teens well rounded, skilled, and confident when in the backcountry, be it for work or recreation. There is ample time for the teens to explore and just be teens.
Date: June 16 - June 29, 2019
Ages: 13 – 19
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Cost: $1,990 some discounts apply see below for details
Registration or Information: Online registration available click on button at top of page. Discounts MUST be booked directly with Email Toni@NOLI5.com or call or text Toni King (925)785-2946
Winter and Spring Teen Camps
Winter Teen Academic and Adventure Camps
Date:
- 1st Session December 2018 Dates TBA
Openings: 14
- 2nd Session January 2019 Dates TBA
Openings: 14
- 3rd Session February 2019 Dates TBA
Openings: 14
Ages: 13 - 18
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Description: Students will ski, climb, and camp in the snow to access the wilderness in winter conditions safely and comfortably. Students will learn winter survival skills and avalanche predictions and safety skills. This is an academic camp where the students will observe how the flora and fauna survives the winter climate of the NE Idaho Panhandle: Hibernation, Adaptation, or Migration! read more
Winter Field Biology of Yukon Flats Alaska 2 Week Academic and Adventure Camp
Students will follow long time fur trapper Archie Miller as he works his trap line as he has done since 1968.
Date: TBA
Ages: 16 – 19
Openings: to 2 students only
Gender: Boys (Please Note: In 2020 we may offer this as co-ed)
Location: The Alaskan Wetlands 150 Miles North East of Fairbanks – Pick up Fairbanks Airport
Description: We pick up your teen boys at the Fairbanks Airport, spend the night in a bed and breakfast, fly into the trailhead in a ski plane, snowshoe to basecamp then explore and learn about the fur animals of the Alaskan wetlands in this field bio and natural history field lab. More Details to come.
Spring Teen One-Week Camp – Two-Sessions
Date:
- 1st Session March 2019 TBA
- 2nd Session April 2019 TBA
Ages: 13 – 18
Open to: 7 Teens
Location: NE Idaho Panhandle
Description: A great way to spend time in the great outdoors during spring break. Go deep in to bushcraft skills and observe the rebirth of the forests and meadows of the NE Idaho Panhandle. This is an academic camp with a focus of the students observing the changes of the forest, meadows, and creeks biomes. The students will apply field biology sampling, testing, and analysis skills. Like all our other camps the students may go deep in to nature photography and drawing skills.
Please Note: In All 2, 3, and 4-Week Teen Camps…
“Please Note: We offer multi-session and family discounts. The second camp or camper from the same family are eligible for 10% discount from the second camp enrolled of any 2019 camp of equal or lesser value and the Third or more camps or camper from the same family is eligible for a 25% off of third or more camps enrolled of any 2019 summer camp of equal or lesser value. This Offer is NOT avalable for the Alaska Trip or Combined Packtrain Alaska trip.”
“During most the 2, 3, and 4 week intensive camps the student may pick one or more specialty areas to go deep in to. Click For More Information on These Focuses
Total Immersion Wilderness Program in the 3 and 4 Week Teen Camps
It can be argued that everything we do is connecting teens to nature and in fact we do a number of core routines each and every day in both our schools and all our camps to deeply connect them to nature. During the 2, 3, and 4 week teen camps the students have a total immersion into deep nature connection click for a Full Discription of Our Total Immersion Wilderness Program
Teen Specialty Wilderness Camps Offered In the Teen 3 and 4 Week Camps at No Additional Cost
During the 3 and 4 week intensive camps the students can pick from the following specialties and go deep in hunting skills, archery skills, ham radio, equine, fishing, nature photography, or drawing. Click For More Information on These Focuses